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Rivers are the lifeblood of so many cities and civilisations. A great many of the largest cities on earth grew around rivers. For example, London sprouted up around the River Thames. The original Dutch settlers to found New Amsterdam (later New York) knew how important the Hudson River would be to their settlement’s long-term survival. […]
Welcome back one and all, to the Meerkat Muse, on this autumn morn. Record Highs September is often the month where temperatures in the UK begin to trail off. The days get shorter, the nights therefore get longer, and the weather begins to change. However, in the UK, temps of 30C or higher were recorded […]
SN 1987A is one of the most spectacular celestial events of the past forty years. Indeed, it is the closest supernova to earth since Kepler’s Supernova in 1604. It’s relative proximity and luminosity led SN 1987A to become one of the most intensively studied celestial objects. What makes SN 1987A (I can’t help but wonder […]
This greymuzzle is lamenting the ‘evolution’ of gaming, which has gone from an era where games were once released fully formed, to an age where to have the finished article, or to have any hope of achieving victory, you must pay. Can you imagine plugging in the cartridge for Super Mario Bros or Sonic the […]
What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life? I don’t think I have any specific habit that I turn to in order to help my day-to-day activities. I sometimes take a vitamin pill, does that sort of thing count? What I should do is exercise more, but that requires a level […]
How would you design the city of the future? This is interesting. Last year, I took part in a research project about cities of the future, and how technology, climate change and politics might shape them. What might be a future city’s agricultural needs? What sort of external and internal transport links would be required? […]
If you’ve trawled the internet for as long as I have, you might have heard of Godwin’s Law. This is the theory that any internet argument or debate will inevitably lead to accusations of one party being a Nazi/Hitler. In some internet circles, referencing the Nazis leads to the declaration that Godwin’s Law has been […]
This prompt has been provided to me by a friend at work, and it goes something like this: It’s the year 2183, and you are the first human to set foot on Mars. When you disembark your craft, you find a photo, and a note. The photo is a selfie, of you, and the note […]
Are they really asking about shoe size, or are they playing upon a popular bit of innuendo? Well, I’m a size nine. That’s definitely shoe size, by the way. You know what they say, big shoes, big socks.